Villa in the FA Cup

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Blues draw Villa in Wembley showdown

Chelsea have drawn Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa in the semi finals of the FA Cup.

The Blues overcame Stoke City 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the previous round thanks to goals from Frank Lampard and John Terry, whilst Villa came from 2-0 down to triumph over the conquerors of Liverpool and Burnley; Reading.

The Royals took a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to a Simon Church brace but Ashley Young and a John Carew hat-trick ensured a stunning turn-around for the Midlands side.

Chelsea's path to the final was more straightforward and the club's fans will have their talismanic English duo to thanks for goals in each half in a relatively comfortable encounter with Stoke.

In the other semi final, Avram Grant's Portsmouth - who progress after a stunning quickfire brace from on-loan French star Frederic Piquionne - will play the victors of the Fulham-Tottenham match, which will go to a replay to be played at White Hart Lane.

The draw means there is potential for an all-London final, but Carlo Ancelotti's side have no doubt drawn the toughest possible team left in the draw.

Chelsea's last encounter with Villa saw them lose 2-1 at Villa Park despite taking an early lead, but the match will be an interesting replay of the upcoming Premier League showdown between the two sides at Stamford Bridge in March.

[Kez 2,727]

Think thats the toughest draw we coulda got.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Now this will test us, very tough opponent and no more home fixtures.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

It will be a very good game with plenty of goals I think. Very excited, but still very confident we will win and go onto the final

[boshman 1,073]

Very tough draw but looking forward to this one very much!

[diskoviolente 425]

Really looking forward to that. Tough game, but it is played at Wembley, which is really good because we don´t have to face them at Villa Park. <br>

[zolayes 14,489]

Think thats the toughest draw we coulda got.

think thats the toughest draw THEY coulda got

[Kez 2,727]

think thats the toughest draw THEY coulda got

that too, everyone wanted to avoid us

[Ray. 217]

Yes this is going to be one hell of a tough match, but think we can do it. Looking forward to getting a ticket hopefully.

[EskWeston 696]

Tough tie for us and probably the one i didn't want us to get. However i know we are more than capable of turning Villa over and i am sure that playing for a place in the final is more than enough motivation for us,

[Steve 10,227]

Going to be a very tough game and like esk said probs the worst draw we could of got. But the lads will know the importance of it, and just like last year we will go through to the final.

[Fulham Broadway 16,977]

Dont see it as being tough -Chelsea are on the way up, now -Drogba to devastate as usual.

5.00pm kick off is going to mean alcoholic carnage round Wembley

[middleoftheshed 388]

Just seen the ticket news and we have the east side which we had for the cup final we don't talk about and the cheapest tickets are £5 dearer than last year!

Still, we're going to Wembley again.

[Rambo 1,729]

I think we can get it done, Didier loves playing at Wembley.

[Laylabelle 9,407]

Allocation seems to be less then last year.Swear we got close to 40,000 or maybe thats just wishful thinking